The former gangland barrister at the centre of one of Victoria’s biggest legal scandals lives in constant fear her whereabouts will be exposed, a court has been told.

In late 2019, Ms Gobbo said she decided to return to Australia because her health was in a “parlous state”, she wanted her children to see their father, she was having visa issues and she needed to deal with matters arising from the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.